(Guardian of Trinidad) Three people were killed following a fiery crash early Sunday morning along West Main Road, Westmoorings.
During the crash the driver of the car was burned to death when he was trapped inside the vehicle.
Two others died in hospital. Another is fighting for his life.
The victims have been identified as Jorrel Williams, 19,
of 119 Belleron Street, Point Cumana, Justin Hayes, 21, and Isaiah Kyle, both also of Point Cumana.
Fourth injured – only ‘Roof’ was identified.
Up to press time, he was said to be “still fighting for his life” and on life support.
According to a police report, at approximately 4:50 am PDB 9962, a blue Hyundai Elantra, believed to be traveling at high speed in a westerly direction along West Rain Road, Westmoorings, when arriving at an area just after Westmoorings bridge / WASA pump station, the driver lost control and struck an iron fence post on a compound on the south side of the road.
After impact, police said, the vehicle spun several times and when it finally stopped it burst into flames. The driver, Williams, was trapped in the vehicle and was burned to death while the other three residents were taken to St James Medical Facility by ambulance.
Hayes was pronounced dead at the hospital, while Luke, who was unresponsive, was sent on arrival at the hospital for a CT scan. Kyle was pronounced dead just after noon.
The fourth victim, ‘Roof’, also received emergency medical care and is listed in critical condition at the hospital.
It showed video making the rounds on social media, the car driving in the wrong direction – the other side of West Main Road, when it should have been at the other end.
Although not confirmed by police.
Yesterday, when Guardian Media visited the families of the three victims, they all explained that they were in shock and very distressed and could not “find the strength to speak to the media about their loved ones who died in the accident horrible. ”
However, Hayes’ mother Leseli Ashaki said she had spoken to her son on Saturday night to “check in with him.”
He told us, “I called him and told him not to be out on the streets and said he wasn’t going anywhere there to hear this, it’s shocking and overwhelming to me,” Ashaki said.
Ashaki said her son would have been celebrating his 22nd birthday next month and was due to migrate to Canada to live with his father but had one obstacle in his way – a court case.
“He had two cases before the Court and one was thrown away so we expected when he was due to go on the 28th of this month that he too would have been dismissed. His police record was the only thing he was waiting on to migrate with his father. He was the only child of his father. He worked as a laborer. ”
At the scene of the accident, bereaved family members donated flowers and three candles to commemorate the young lives cut short.